One day Vimala and her new friend. Mary, were playing at school. Mary was a very quiet and shy girl but Vimala liked her. While jumping, Mary’s glasses fell off and broke. Just then the bell rang and they had to hurry to their science class.

“Oh dear, I'm going to be as blind as a bat. But we'd better hurry. It's Miss Lee's class, "said Maray.

At the start of the lesson, Miss Lee explained how to do the experiment to produce large eye crystals. Then she started to question the class. Nobody dared to give a wrong answer because Miss Lee was a very strict teacher Miss Lee held up a clamp(夹具) and said, "What do we use it for? What do we call it? All the girls looked down, while she looked at their heads for one to pick on. "Mary?" she finally asked.

Mary was sitting at the back of the class. She stood up and peered at Miss Lee, but she could not see clearly what the teacher was holding. She was nervous a bit and did not answer.

Miss Lee repeated her question. This time she spoke more slowly and there was anger in her voice.

"What is this used for ?" she asked

Vimala saw storm clouds climbing up to Miss Lee's face. She knew that the storm was about to burst on Mary, so she put up her hand. Miss Lee paid no attention to her and stared through narrowed eyes at Mary, waiting for an answer.

Mary did not know what to say. She looked to her left and right for help. Too seared to say out that she couldn’t see clearly, Mary hoped that if she kept quiet Miss Lee would ask somebody else.

Vimala guessed what was wrong, so she decided to take a risk. She jumped to her feet and said, "Excuse me. Miss Lee. Mary broke her glasses just before the lesson started. I don't think she can see the clamp clearly. "Then she sat down, praying (祈祷)that the ceiling would not fall on her.

“Oh!” Miss Lee said, a little surprised. She had thought that Mary was refusing to answer.

Now that she understood, her anger faded away. “Thank you, Vimala.” she said Then she turned

to Mary and said, “Come and look at this.”

Mary left her chair and went to the front of the class.

“It’s a clamp.” she said. "We can put it on a metal stand(支架) and use it to hold things in place.”

"Well, you got it right at last. "Miss Lee said with a brief smile. But you'd better not do any experiments until your glasses have been repaired. You can watch Vimala while she does the experiment.

The storm clouds disappeared. The smile disappeared from Miss Lee's face and she continued with the lesson. Vimala winked at Mary who peered at her and smiled weakly.

1.What's the matter with Mary’s glasses?

A. They were lost. B. They were broken C. They were left at home

2.Miss Lee was __________ teacher.

A. an English B. a science C. a math

3.Why couldn't Mary answer Miss Lee's question?

A. Because she didn't know the answer

B. Because she couldn't hear what Miss Lee was saying

C. Because she couldn’t see what the teacher was holding

4.The sentence "Vimala saw storm clouds climbing up to Miss Lee's face.” means Vimala found_______

A. the sky was cloudy B. a heavy storm was coming C. Miss Lee was becoming angry

5.Which of the following is not right?

A. Mary was quiet and shy and also as blind as a bat

B. Miss Lee was a strict and serious teacher

C. Mary knew what a clamp was used for

1.B 2.B 3.C 4.C 5.A 【解析】本文介绍了Vimala和玛丽是新的好朋友。虽然玛丽内向,但是Vimala很喜欢她。在一次跳高的时候,玛丽的眼镜掉了,结果玛丽看不清楚东西。这时上课铃响了,是李老师的课,她是一位非常严肃认真的老师。在课上,李老师问了一个问题,除了玛丽,其他的同学把头低了下去。老师提问了玛丽,由于看不清楚老师拿的是什么,而没有回答出来。这时...

Amanda Kitts is one of “tomorrow’s people” people who have artificial (人工的) body pats. She has a bionic(电子操控的)arm.

Now, Kitts runs a day -care center. Children run up to her

happily as she comes into the classroom. She bends over to talk with a small girl. As she bends Kitts puts her hands on her knees. For most people, this would be easy. However, just a few years

ago, this was impossible for Kitts.

In 2006, Kitts was in a car accident. A truck crushed(挤坏) her left arm and the doctor had to

cut it off. "I was angry, sad, depressed. I just couldn't accept it," she says. But then she heard about a new technique that could use the remaining nerves(神经) in her shoulder to contort an artificial arm.

In a difficult operation, a doctor moved Kitts's nerves to different mens of her upper- arm muscles. For months, the nerves grew. Millimeter by millimeter, they moved deeper into their new homes. “At three months I started feeling little tingles and twitches(刺痛和抽搐),”she said. A month later, she got her first bionic arm. A research engineer worked with Kitts to make the computer programs match her real movements more and more closely.

Today, Kitts's arm is great, but it's not yet perfect. She wants feeling in her hands. For example, she needs to feel whether something is rough or smooth. She also needs feeling to do one of her favorite things-drink coffee "The problem with a paper coffee cup is that my hand will close until it gets a solid grip,” she says. One time at a coffee shop, her hand kept closing until it crushed the cup. But Kitts says positively, "One day I'll be able to feel things with it, and clap my hands… to the songs my kids are singing”

1.What is the difference between Kitts and normal people?

A. She has a bionic arm. B. She can bend C. She can put her hands on her knees

2.Kitts got her first bionic arm _____________after the difficult operation.

A. almost three months B. over one month C. more than four months

3.Kitts is able to ____________with her bionic hand.

A. clap her hands B. hold thing C. feel rough or smooth things

4.Kitts's attitude toward her new arm is______________.

A. positive B. Angry C. perfect

5.Choose the right order of the events

①Kitts heard about a new technique

②Kitts crushed a paper coffee cup

③Kitts had two human arms

④A truck hit Kitts's car

⑤Kitts got her first bionic arm

⑥Doctors moved some of the nerves in Kitts’s arm

A. ④①⑥⑤②③ B. ③④⑤①②⑥ C. ③④①⑥⑤②

1.A 2.C 3.B 4.A 5.C 【解析】短文大意:文章介绍了阿曼达基茨在一次意外事故中失去了自己的左臂,在新技术的帮助下,她利用剩下的上臂神经,获得了新的仿生手臂。本文介绍了她的手臂的情况。 1.细节理解题。根据第一段的句子She has a bionic(电子操控的)arm.可知,阿曼达基茨她有一个仿生手臂。故选A。 2.细节理解题。由第四段的句...

阅读C篇,判断正(A)误(B)。请将答案编号涂卡。A表示正确,B表示错误。

Bangladesh (孟加拉)is an agricultural country between India and Burma. Storms from the

Indian Ocean sweep across the country every year, and large areas of farming land are flooded(冲毁). The people are very poor.

Fewer than half of the country’s children complete their primary education. When they are six or seven years old, many children leave school to work in the fields or at home. The rest of their "education" consists of looking after cattle, collecting firewood or doing household jobs.

Not long ago, an experimental school was opened near the capital, Dacca, to help poor children. There are only 120 children in the school, which has three classrooms. In each class, forty pupils are divided into four groups of ten. Each pupil is free to decide which group he or she wants to join.

The most able pupils do a great deal of the teaching. They act as group monitors. Their duty is to ensure that all pupils in their group understand and practice what the teacher has taught.

There are a number of unusual features in the Bangladesh school. Children do not move up a class automatically when they grow older. Each group is promoted (升级)only when EVERY pupil in it has succeeded in getting to the right standard. As a result, all members of a group work hard to help the less able pupils. Nobody is left behind.

Lessons are extremely practical and include work on farming, carpentry, health and running a home, as well as lessons on the basic skills of reading, writing and arithmetic. At school, pupils prepare for adult life by learning to carry out almost all the tasks which they will face when they grow older.

If pupils have to look after cattle or young children, they are allowed to bring them to school. If a child has to stay at home to help his parents, there is no scolding or punishment (责罚) at school. Children enjoy their lessons and the school is cheap to run. It is so successful that other schools in Bangladesh are beginning to imitate (模仿) its methods. Visitors are even coming from other agricultural countries to see if they can use a similar method.

1.Many people in Bangladesh work on farms

2.Most children in Bangladesh complete their primary education

3.In each group, the biggest or oldest pupil is made a monitor.

4.At the end of each school year, all the pupils move to a higher class

5.At school, pupils learn to do almost all the tasks needed in adult life

1.A 2.B 3.B 4.B 5.A 【解析】短文大意:孟加拉是印度和缅甸之间的农业国。每年的风暴会使大片农田被洪水淹没。因此人民很穷。只有不到一半的儿童会完成小学教育。在学校里实行小组化教学,那些有能力的学生可以担当班长,负责他们小组内的所有学生都能理解和实践老师所教的内容。在学校里他们会学到成人生活所需要的几乎所有的能力。 1.根据短文的第一段Bangla...

阅读D篇,根据短文内容,将下面方框中的句子还原到文章当中,使短文内容完整。

请将答案编号涂卡。

Complain(抱怨) Politely

Not everything goes the way you want it to. You may go to a restaurant and order a nice meal. But your order is wrong or not cooked properly. You may buy a product that breaks the next day.

1.However, if you speak angrily to people, they will become defensive(自卫的). Then they are less likely to help you. A more effective (有效的)way to get what you want is to stay calm.

Use polite language and a friendly tone of voice. Start with phrases such as, " I'm sorry to bother you, but. "or" Excuse me, but could you.?" For example, "I'm sorry to bother you, but I ordered potato soup, not vegetable, "Phrasing your complaint as a question also helps. 2.Could you help me? I just bought this phone case yesterday, but it's cracked.”

3.There is no faster way to make someone defensive than by blaming them. Use

the phrase.“ I know this isn't your fault, but…”or“There has been a misunderstanding.” 4.Blaming people isn’t as important as getting a problem fixed!

There are honest mistakes, but at times someone may try to take advantage of you. In that case, don’t say "Hey! You're trying to cheat me! "Instead, use the phrase, "I understood that.." For example. "I understood that the service charge was included in the price. Then give the person a chance to answer.

If you don't get what you want with polite conversation, ask to speak to a manager or supervisor. 5..

A. When trying to comet a problem, don’t blame (责备)the person you re talking to.

B. People like to be asked rather than told!

C. But usually, you'll find that polite words and a smile will resolve a situation.

D. These kinds of experiences make you want to complain.

E. These phrases let people know you are only angry at the situation

1.D 2.B 3.A 4.E 5.C 【解析】本文介绍了没有礼貌的抱怨不会解决问题,要使用礼貌的语言和友好的语调来解决遇到的问题。 1.根据短文的第一段But your order is wrong or not cooked properly. You may buy a product that breaks the next day.可知,订单错了或烹饪...

三、动词填空

用括号里所给动词的适当形式填空。请将答案填写在答题卡指定位置。

Drawing might help you think

When you're sitting in class, have you ever drawn pictures in the margins of your notebooks?

If so, your teacher might have told you 1.(stop). Many people think of doodling(涂鸦) as a distraction(精神涣散) from more important things. But it might be just the opposite.

One study shows that doodling may help you remember things you hear. In 2009 researchers asked two groups of people to listen to a phone message. One group 2. (encourage) to doodle, but the other was not. Neither group knew that it would be asked to remember information from the message. But the group that doodled remembered 29 percent more.

Other people 3. (suggest)other uses for drawing. Jesse Prinz, a professor who studies doodling, says it can help you think creatively. Walking away from a problem to draw

might actually help you solve it. When you come back, you 4. (have)a fresh perspective and figure out an answer more quickly.

Two years ago, an author named Sunni Brown 5. (write)a book on doodling. She argues that doodling is a tool that can help people think. She admits that people see doodling

as doing nothing, but she wants to change that. In fact, she runs a business that helps companies

improve organization and planning through doodling. Brown 6. (believe)doodling is helpful because it incorporates(整合)many ways of learning. You lean in four ways: seeing, hearing, reading or writing, and through movement. The more ways you use, the better you learn.

And when you doodle while you 7. (listen )to a lecture, you use all four.

You might think that being good at 8. ( draw)is important for doodling. But if the point of doodling is to help you think, then it doesn't matter what the picture looks like. Even if you're not an artist, doodling can help you. So next time you need help focusing, pick up a pen and doodle away!

1.to stop 2.was encouraged 3.have suggested 4.will have 5.wrote 6.believes 7.are listening 8.drawing 【解析】本文介绍了涂鸦的作用。有人认为涂鸦会使人精神涣散,但另一部分人认为涂鸦会使人有创造性。教授Jesse Prinz在实验中证明了涂鸦的作用。Su...

根据短文内容,选择适当的单词或短语填空,使短文意思完整。每个选项仅使用一次。

A. ride to the gym B. because C. keeping fit D. so E. cheer me up

F. enjoy my day off G. healthier H. also I. funny J. coughing and sneezing

Hi Jake,

How’s it going? Sorry I haven't been in touch for a while, but couldn’t use my computer for a few days. You’ll never guess what happened to me!

A couple of weeks ago, I decided to take up yoga. Yoga is a combination of physical and breathing exercises. It's supposed to be good for relaxation and 1.. I've been feeling a

bit stressed about my school work recently and I thought yoga might help.

My dad couldn't give me a lift to the first lesson, so

I decided to 2.. The lesson was great and I felt really

relaxed afterwards. On the way home, though, it started raining

and I got very wet! The next day, I woke up with a bad cold. I

couldn't stop 3..

I couldn't go to school 4.I also had a high temperature.

We were having a math test that day so it was great that I could stay at home. I didn’t really 5., though. I felt awful and stayed in bed. Mum brought me cups of hot tea for my sore throat(and you know how much I hate tea! ). She 6.went to the chemist's and got me some vitamin pills. I have to keep taking these for a while 7.I can get stronger.

That afternoon Robbie came to visit me. He said he'd got something to 8.and pretended it was the math test that I'd missed "Mr Bank says you can do it at home instead,” he said, but I knew he was joking. I didn’t think it was very 9., but he did!

The next day, I was still a bit pale and didn’t have much energy, but I was feeling better. The day after that, I was able to go back to school.

Can you believe my luck? I went to the yoga class to feel 10.and instead I caught a cold!

Anyway, I hope you're OK. Write and let me know what you’ve been up to!

Bye for now!

1.C 2.A 3.J 4.B 5.F 6.H 7.D 8.E 9.I 10.G 【解析】这篇短文是Kate写给Jake的一封电子邮件,文中Kate讲了自己的一些情况,特别提到因生病在家时的一些事情。 1.句意:它应该有助于放松和保持健康。由and连接的两个词是并列的,因为relaxation为名词,分析所给的选项,只有keepin...
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